基于高阶谐振悬臂的动态原子力显微镜的研制

动态原子力显微镜微悬臂为无限自由度系统,具有多个谐振模态的振动特性。微悬臂的工作振动频率是影响动态原子力显微镜系统的测量特性的关键参数之一,为了提高微悬臂的谐振频率,结合悬臂的高阶谐振特性,研制了基于高阶谐振悬臂的轻敲式动态原子力显微镜,可实现对微观表面的测量,并且明显改善了动态原子力显微镜系统的测量灵敏度、测量速度等测量特性。     

基于原子力显微镜的石墨烯表面图案化摩擦调控

摩擦可调控的石墨烯作为固体润滑剂在微/纳机电系统中具有巨大的应用潜力.本文采用导电原子力显微镜对附着在Au/SiO_2/Si基底上的石墨烯进行氧化刻蚀,比较了在不同刻蚀参数下石墨烯纳米图案的摩擦性能,并且通过开尔文力显微镜分析了不同刻蚀参数对纳米图案氧化程度的影响.结果表明:施加负偏压可以在石墨烯表面制造出稳定可调的氧化点、线等纳米级图案,氧化点的直径和氧化线的宽度都随着电压的增大而增大;增加石墨烯的厚度可以提高纳米图案的连续性和均匀性.摩擦力随着针尖电压的增大而增大,这是由于电压增大了弯液面力和静电力.利用这些加工的纳米级图案可以精确地调控石墨烯表面的摩擦大小.通过导电原子力显微镜刻蚀技术实现石墨烯表面纳米摩擦特性的可控,为石墨烯在微/纳米机电系统中的摩擦行为研究和具有图案表面的纳米器件的制备提供了新的思路和方法.     

碳纳米管网络导电特征的导电型原子力显微镜研究

利用导电型原子力显微镜对大范围碳纳米管（CNT）网络的导电性能进行成像观察.研究发现：在几十微米的成像范围内,每根CNT本身的电阻远小于CNT之间的接触电阻,以致于在电压偏置的网络中不同的CNT呈现电位不同的等位体;CNT的导电性能虽不因与其他CNT的交叠接触而改变,但是如果缠绕成束,则半导体性CNT趋于呈现金属性CNT的导电特征. 关键词： 导电型原子力显微镜 碳纳米管网络 碳管纳米电导     

碳纳米管的可控长度拾取及导电性分析

拾取指定长度的半导体性碳纳米管对大规模制造碳纳米管场效应管具有重要意义.本文提出了一种利用原子力显微镜探针和钨针对碳纳米管进行可控长度拾取的方法并进行了碳纳米管导电性分析.在扫描电子显微镜下搭建微纳操作系统,针对切割操作过程中原子力显微镜探针、钨针和碳纳米管的接触情况进行了力学建模和拾取长度误差分析.建立了单根金属性碳纳米管、单根半导体性碳纳米管及碳纳米管束与钨针接触的电路模型,推导了接入不同性质碳纳米管后电路的电流电压特性方程.使用原子力显微镜探针对碳纳米管的空间位姿进行调整,控制钨针对碳纳米管上目标位置进行通电切割,同时获取切割电路中的电流电压数据.实验结果表明,本文提出的方法能够有效控制所拾取碳纳米管的长度,增加碳纳米管与原子力显微镜探针的水平接触长度能够减小碳纳米管形变导致的拾取长度误差,建立的电流电压特性方程能够用于分析碳纳米管的导电性.     

尺寸和微结构效应对软锰矿红外光谱的影响

合成了纳米纤维状的软锰矿β-MnO₂,其研磨后粒子形貌由纳米纤维转变为纳米粒子,相结构并没有转变．纳米纤维状粒子中心锰离子局域环境有轻微改变．当粒子形貌从长纳米纤维变到短纳米纤维再到纳米粒子时,傅里叶转换红外光谱A_2u频率逐渐从514 cm^-1到574 cm^-1再到617 cm^-1．研究发现依据功能团分析无法确定额外的振动波段来源于不同尺寸和形状粒子的A_2u．通过X射线衍射的Rietveld精修和红外光谱,认为两种MnO₆的八面体构型,如4长+2短,4短+2长,在由不同路线合成的软锰矿中都会存在．微结构对软锰矿傅里叶转换红外光谱最大振动频率的影响是显著的．在红外和远红外区域的四个振动波段都做了分类.     

Co:BaTiO3/Si(100)纳米复合薄膜制备、微结构及其紫外光电子能谱研究

采用脉冲激光气相沉积(PLD)方法，在Si(100)晶面上制备了Co:BaTiO₃纳米复合薄膜.采用X射线衍射(XRD)结合透射电镜(TEM)方法研究了两种厚度Co:BaTiO₃纳米复合薄膜的晶体结构，当薄膜厚度约为30 nm时，薄膜为单一择优取向；当薄膜厚度约为100nm时，薄膜呈多晶结构.原子力显微镜(AFM)分析表明，当膜厚为30nm时，薄膜呈现明显的方形晶粒.采用紫外光电子能谱(UPS)研究了Co的价态和Co:BaTiO₃纳米复合薄     

[Au25(SR)18]-团簇的相干振动动力学研究

利用飞秒时间分辨光谱,可观测叠加在电子态动力学上的相干振动动力学. 从金团簇的相干振动中,不仅能提取电子与振动的耦合信息,也能得到力学性质和电子结构,进而有望实现微小质量探测等应用. 本文利用飞秒时间分辨的瞬态吸收探测了[Au₂₅(SR)₁₈]^-团簇的相干振动动力学,通过对相干振动的频率、相位、波长分布的详细分析进一步揭示了其来源. 在[Au₂₅(SR)₁₈]^-团簇的飞秒瞬态吸收动力学中可以观测到频率为40 cm^-1和80 cm^-1的两种振动,均来源于团簇中心Au₁₃核的振动. 通过对相干振动的相位分析发现频率为80 cm^-1的振动来自于对电子态之间吸收频率的调制,而频率为40 cm^-1的振动来源于对电子态之间吸收强度的调制. 同时,研究发现[Au₂₅(SR)₁₈]^-团簇相干振动的频率对其表面配体不敏感,该振动是来源于Au₁₃核的本征性质.     

钯金属吸附对半导体性碳纳米管电输运的影响

利用物理蒸发技术,在半导体性的碳纳米管上沉积钯金属,利用导电原子力显微镜检测钯吸附对碳纳米管电输运的影响.结果表明:沉积的钯在碳纳米管上形成纳米颗粒,随着钯颗粒密度的增加,半导体性碳纳米管逐渐向金属性转变.利用第一性原理计算了吸附有钯原子的半导体性单壁碳纳米管的能带结构.研究发现,钯的覆盖率越高,其禁带宽度越窄,直至为零,定性说明了实验结果的合理性. 关键词： 单壁碳纳米管 钯纳米颗粒 导电原子力显微镜 第一性原理计算     

光学显微镜与CCD监视器组合的原子力显微镜

研制了一种与光学显微镜结合并配置 CCD 监视器的原子力显微镜,可同时获得样品的原子力显微镜图象及光学图象.已能分辨出5纳米的精细结构,最大扫描范围可达2μm.文中给出了本仪器获得的一些样品图象结果.     

过渡金属羰基化合物Mn(CO)5Br和Re(CO)5Br结构与动力学的超快光谱

利用超快泵浦探测红外光谱、稳态线性红外光谱和计算化学方法,对过渡金属羰基化合物Mn(CO)₅Br和Re(CO)₅Br的振动和结构动力学进行了研究. 借助羰基的两个伸缩振动峰(处于低频的A₁模式和处于高频的简并E模式)进行了观测. 结果表明,在两个配合物中,A₁和E模式振动峰的振动频率位置及频率差都与中心金属原子对羰基的键级和振动力常数的影响相关. 而A₁模式比E模式的线宽宽一些,部分由于振动寿命的影响. 此外,从瞬态光谱中获得了振动模式依赖的对角非谐性常数,发现在两个羰基化合物中E模式的非谐性总是较小.     

纳米材料SnO2表面声子模的红外光谱研究

利用红外光谱法研究了球形SnO₂纳米微粒的表面声子模特性,在实验上观察到了全部Frohlich模,并与理论计算结果进行了比较,讨论了空间量子限域效应对SnO₂纳米微粒红外光谱特性的影响。 关键词：     

Apertureless SNOM imaging of the surface phonon polariton waves: what do we measure?

The apertureless scanning near-field microscope (ASNOM) mapping of surface phonon polariton (SPP) waves being excited at the surface of the SiC polar crystal at a frequency corresponding to the lattice resonance was investigated. The wave with well-defined direction and source position, as well as a well-known propagation law, was used to calibrate the signal of an ASNOM. An experimental proof is presented showing that the signal collected by the ASNOM in such a case is proportional (as a complex number) to the local field amplitude above the surface, regardless of the tip response model. It is shown that the expression describing an ASNOM response, which is, in general case, rather complicated nonlinear function of a surface/tip dielectric constants, wavelength, tip vibration amplitude, tip shape etc., can be dramatically simplified in the case of the SPP waves mapping in a mid-IR range, due to a lucky combination of the tip and surface parameters for the case being considered. A tip vibration amplitude is much less than a running SPP wave field decay height in a normal direction. At the same time, the tip amplitude is larger than a characteristic distance at which a tip–surface electromagnetic near-field interaction plays a significant role.     

Detection of surface acoustic waves by scanning tunneling microscopy

A new method for the investigation of ultrasonic waves on surfaces of solids based on scanning tunneling microscopy is presented. A sinusoidal high frequency signal is added to the tip voltage. Hence the tunneling current contains a component whose frequency is the difference of the frequencies of the acoustic wave field and the ac tip voltage. Amplitude and phase of this component carry the full information about the wave field.     

LOCAL ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION OF METAL ISLANDS MECHANICALLY INDUCED WITH THE TIP OF AN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE

The investigation of electrochemical processes on the nanometer scale is of great scientific as well as technological interest. Here we study the electrodeposition of copper on a polycrystalline gold surface, and demonstrate that copper deposition can be locally induced by mechanical activation with the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM). Whereas at higher values of the deposition voltage (>100mV), a solid copper film can grow on the gold surface without tip activation, at lower voltages (approx. 30-60mV), copper deposition only occurs at the position where the surface is activated by the AFM tip due to scanning in mechanical contact with the sample. With this mechano-electrochemical "writing" process, which can be performed at ambient conditions, the controlled local deposition of metallic islands is possible, at applied force loads of the order of 10nN. Both the size-dependence of the locally induced structures on the deposition time and the reversibility of the local deposition process are studied. Depending on the deposition parameters, individual copper islands between 50nm and 200nm in size were deposited at predefined locations on the gold surface. The investigations open perspectives for the controlled mechano-electrochemical writing of more complex nanostructures with the AFM tip.     

Microsphere manipulation using ferroelectric liquid crystals

We propose a strategy for a micromanipulation method using SSFLC (surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals). By adjusting the frequency of the applied ac electric field, the surface layers that cannot follow an applied ac electric field are constructed in SSFLC. In addition, by applying a sawtooth wave voltage, net flow along the smectic layer is generated. The flow direction is reversed by changing the polarity of the sawtooth wave. Consequently, the particles dispersed in SSFLC can be driven bidirectionally along the smectic layer. The particle velocity depends on the temperature, amplitude, and frequency of the applied voltage.     

Electromechanical and pyroelectric properties in CoZn ferrite transducer

The system Co_0.6Zn_0.4Fe₂O₄ ferrite was prepared by the usual ceramic method. The resonant frequency and antiresonance of vibrating disc have been studied as a function of temperature. The decrease of resonant frequency with rising temperature was attributed to increase the interaction of domains with the applied AC field. The decrease of the ultrasonic wave velocity with the increase of temperature was ascribed to thermal lattice vibration, which facilitate the domains to interact at lower frequency of the applied AC field. The electromechanical coupling factor of the radial mode was fairly constant with rising temperature. The pyroelectric voltage measured at the transducer electric terminals increases with the increase of temperature. Ferrite transducer is useful for ultrasonic generation to be used in technology.     

Investigation on the Flow Field Entropy Structure of Non-Synchronous Blade Vibration in an Axial Turbocompressor

In order to explore the inducing factors and mechanism of the non-synchronous vibration, the flow field structure and its formation mechanism in the non-synchronous vibration state of a high speed turbocompressor are discussed in this paper, based on the fluid–structure interaction method. The predicted frequencies f_BV (4.4EO), f_AR (9.6EO) in the field have a good correspondence with the experimental data, which verify the reliability and accuracy of the numerical method. The results indicate that, under a deviation in the adjustment of inlet guide vane (IGV), the disturbances of pressure in the tip diffuse upstream and downstream, and maintain the corresponding relationship with the non-synchronous vibration frequency of the blade. An instability flow that developed at the tip region of 90% span emerged due to interactions among the incoming main flow, the axial separation backflow, and the tip leakage vortices. The separation vortices in the blade passage mixed up with the tip leakage flow reverse at the trailing edge of blade tip, presenting a spiral vortex structure which flows upstream to the leading edge of the adjacent blade. The disturbances of the spiral vortexes emerge to rotate at 54.5% of the rotor speed in the same rotating direction as a modal oscillation. The blade vibration in the turbocompressor is found to be related to the unsteadiness of the tip flow. The large pressure oscillation caused by the movement of the spiral vortex is regarded as the one of the main drivers for the non-synchronous vibration for the present turbocompressor, besides the deviation in the adjustment of IGV.     

硅(111)面表面振动模

本文采用硅(111)面组成的平板结构模型,利用解动力学矩阵的方法,计算了不同层数体系的所有振动模。考虑到晶格弛豫后,该体系才可能存在表面模。由于表面模的激活,解释了Okada关于微晶硅的Raman峰向低波数大幅度移动的现象。同时利用杂化轨道理论计算了由于晶格弛豫引起的表面弹性常数的变化,从而得到表面模的频率为469cm^-1与实验中报道的硅的表面模频率430cm^-1接近。 关键词：     

Evaluation of the contact resonance frequencies in atomic force microscopy as a method for surface characterisation (invited)

The combination of ultrasound with atomic force microscopy (AFM) opens the high lateral resolution of scanning probe techniques in the nanometer range to ultrasonics. One possible method is to observe the resonance frequencies of the AFM sensors under different tip-sample interaction conditions. AFM sensors can be regarded as small flexible beams. Their lowest flexural and torsional resonance frequencies are usually found to be in a range between several kHz and several MHz depending on their exact geometrical shape. When the sensor tip is in a repulsive elastic contact with a sample surface, the local indentation modulus can be determined by the contact resonance technique. Contact resonances in the ultrasonic frequency range can also be used to improve the image contrast in other dynamic techniques as, for example, in the so-called piezo-mode. Here, an alternating electric field is applied between a conducting cantilever and a piezoelectric sample. Via the inverse piezoelectric effect, the sample surface is set into vibration. This excitation is localised around the contact area formed by the sensor tip and the sample surface. We show applications of the contact resonance technique to piezoelectric ceramics.     

Numerical investigation of cavitation generated by an ultrasonic dental scaler tip vibrating in a compressible liquid

Bacterial biofilm accumulation around dental implants is a significant problem leading to peri-implant diseases and implant failure. Cavitation occurring in the cooling water around ultrasonic scaler tips can be used as a novel solution to remove debris without any surface damage. However, current clinically available instruments provide insufficient cavitation around the activated tip surface. To solve this problem a critical understanding of the vibro-acoustic behaviour of the scaler tip and the associated cavitation dynamics is necessary. In this research, we carried out a numerical study for an ultrasound dental scaler with a curved shape tip vibrating in water, using ABAQUS based on the finite element method. We simulated the three-dimensional, nonlinear and transient interaction between the vibration and deformation of the scaler tip, the water flow around the scaler and the cavitation formation and dynamics. The numerical model was well validated with the experiments and there was excellent agreement for displacement at the free end of the scaler. A systematic parametric study has been carried out for the cavitation volume around the scaler tip in terms of the frequency, amplitude and power of the tip vibration. The numerical results indicate that the amount of cavitation around the scaler tip increases with the frequency and amplitude of the vibration. However, if the frequency is far from the natural frequency, the cavitation volume around the free end decreases due to reduced free end vibration amplitude.